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Hayes Lake State Park

Hayes Lake State Park from directly overhead

Hayes Lake State Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 357 m. The nearest named place is Hayes Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. Waters of the Dancing Sky Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 75 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Fee: Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates48.62890, -95.53872

15.7 mi off the Waters of the Dancing Sky Scenic Byway

Around it

75 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves57

Hayes Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
Marbel Wildlife Management Area: 6.2 mi
Bear Creek Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
Thief Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
Wannaska Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi

Parks13

Wannaska park: 9.0 mi
Mount Roseau Trails: 17.1 mi
Roseau City Park: 17.3 mi
North Star Park: 18.0 mi
River View Park: 18.1 mi

Museums2

Roseau County Museum: 18.2 mi
Warroad Heritage Center and Museum: 21.7 mi

Ghost towns1

Winner: 5.0 mi

Artworks1

Northborn Sculptures: 21.7 mi

Peaks1

Sledding Hill: 21.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:26	18:53	19:35
June solstice	05:20	20:39	21:29
September equinox	07:09	18:41	19:22
December solstice	08:13	15:34	16:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	4	9	23	37	51	61	66	64	55	41	25	11
Precip in	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.5	2.9	4.0	3.5	3.4	3.1	2.3	1.1	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Norris DNR, 16 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

Tricolored Bumble Bee7 obs
Yellow-rumped Warbler7 obs
Widow Skimmer6 obs
Jack pine6 obs
One-flowered Wintergreen6 obs
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker5 obs
Canadian bunchberry5 obs
Largemouth Bass5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikipedia Wikidata Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/1052142790

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